Week 99...Beware of Pride

November 28, 2016 

Beware of Pride 

Crazy news people!

I've decided to extend my mission! Ha-ha nah I'm still coming home the 16th! El fin se acerca y hay poco tiempo! I can't lie to ya. There are so many problems that arise in the mission I’m super stressed and just want to be baptizing up until the very end because the baptism of Tamara was so good that it makes me want to just keep baptizing more! 

Tamara is pretty amazing. I can honestly say that I know that God prepares people to receive the restored gospel. She is way excited to be a member of the church and the ward is going to give her a calling right away because she's "super seca" in chilenismo it means just super on target and exceptional. She's going to be a convert that really helps the ward grow! The baptism went really well. Tamara was getting ready to come to the chapel when her kid fell and bumped his head and was bleeding a ton. She called and told us that she was going to the hospital and then straight to the baptism. It's a good thing the hospital is right next door to the church here in San Antonio! She got to the baptism just 30 minutes late but her poor kid who has like a year and 10 months had the biggest goose egg I've ever seen in my life. The other funny thing is that everything was going well and right before entering into the baptismal font a member said, "and your towel?" It turns out that she forgot her towel. So this member ran to her house and ran back to give her a towel. That took about 10 minutes, so that was an awkward delay right before getting baptized! All her family was there and they still ended up loving it! We sang a special musical number "Cuando me bautice" and Tamara cried. Not going to brag or anything, but I could be a MoTab singer after my mission! I sing so well! Ha-ha! Not! I still sing worse than all get out. 

We had interviews with President Woodward on Wednesday and he basically just asked me how I felt and I said stressed and he said "that's good. Keep it that way." It was a short interview because we'll be having my last interview here in a few weeks! 

I had to help out a new missionary on Thursday and Friday. Turns out that he basically just wanted to go home after 1 week in the field and President sent me out to Cartagena to help him out. It was interesting listening to his mentality about the mission. It was also really hard to relate, because I've never really been home sick on the mish. But I did tell him about my experiences on the mission and at the end of it, he was feeling a little better. While we were doing some practices on Friday morning President Woodward called him and told him he had special changes to go to Santiago with a new gringo comp. So, I helped him pack his bags and then we were off to Santiago! It was a super, super, super long day and not exactly the way I wanted to spend my last few days of finding my last baptisms before heading home, but I trusted that God was going to bless me later in the week and boy did he ever! Yesterday a member called us and told us to come to his house because he had a friend he wanted us to meet. His friend was super prepared and he wants to be baptized the 15th of December! My last day in the field! He actually wants to be baptized this weekend, but he has to attend church at least 2 times before he can get baptized! His name is Kevin! 

The comp of this new missionary really made me think a lot about humility and pride this week. This Elder is really struggling with PRIDE! He was a zone leader and President made him a trainer and now he's not training and he comp mayor. He basically started crying and throwing a temper tantrum. To the point where he called President Woodward to tell him that he isn't going to finish his mission and he's going to go home after this change because he's not going to put up with being treated like a "low class" missionary. It's as if I were watching the fall of the Nephite nation in the mission.

I love all ya'll a ton! I'm glad that you had an awesome Thanksgiving! I'm looking to baptize 4 more people before I leave! Marcelo, Nicole, Josefa, and Kevin! 

La Familia Vegas came out to San Antonio and totally surprised me! It was awesome to see them! Osvaldo got the Melchizedek priesthood and they'll be getting sealed in January! Their son Jerek is going to be baptized this week by his dad! I WANT TO SEE THEM GET SEALED SO BADLY!!! Man, I love the mission. 

Be humble and let the atonement change you. That's all I have to say. 

 Love you guys! Keep strong!  

Elder Weaver